Neuron-autonomous transcriptome changes upon ischemia/reperfusion injury.
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ABSTRACT: Ischemic stroke and the following reperfusion, an acute therapeutic intervention, can cause irreversible brain damages. However, the underlying pathological mechanisms are still under investigation. To obtain a comprehensive, real-time view of the cell-autonomous mechanisms involved in ischemic stroke and reperfusion, we applied the next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology to characterize the temporal changes in gene expression profiles using primarily cultured hippocampal neurons under an oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) condition. We first identified the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between normal cultured neurons, neurons with OGD, and neurons with OGD followed by reperfusion for 6?h, 12?h, and 18?h, respectively. We then performed bioinformatics analyses, including gene ontological (GO) and pathway analysis and co-expression network analysis to screen for novel key pathways and genes involved in the pathology of OGD/R. After we confirmed the changes of selected key genes in hippocampal cultures with OGD/R, we further validated their expression changes in an in vivo ischemic stroke model (MCAO). Finally, we demonstrated that prevention of the up-regulation of a key gene (Itga5) associated with OGD/R promoted hippocampal neuronal survival. Our research thereby provided novel insights into the molecular mechanisms in ischemic stroke pathophysiology and potential targets for therapeutic intervention after ischemic stroke.
SUBMITTER: Shi J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5517505 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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